“The Benchmarking and Intervention Project has given us the opportunity to take a look at ourselves and to start to implement the improvements which we had wanted to do, but had not yet got around to doing. The assistance from PtSA and WBA has been a good catalyst for us to start our improvement process”

Andrew White, MD of S4 Integration, had this to say after undergoing a PtSA Intervention Project to improve their competitiveness: “the project has helped us to focus on some of the important issues which will assist us to improve and grow the company’s competitiveness for the benefit of our customers and employees”.

Simon Meyer from AE Manufacturing had the following to say about the PtSA Enterprise Development Project: “AE Manufacturing is experiencing rapid growth. The PtSA Enterprise Development project has helped us to address areas which are impacted by this growth and to consolidate and improve core processes in the business model and better prepare for the growth”.

After undergoing a PtSA Enterprise Development Benchmarking and Intervention Project, Emile Coetzee, owner of Capewell Springs and Metal Pressings, said “the benchmarking process really made us aware of our shortcoming and potentials. The subsequent intervention project was critical in helping the company with the implementation and execution of the needed changes. We are extremely positive about the results of this project”.

“We participated in a re-benchmarking exercise by PtSA Enterprise Development (ED), and the effects of the intervention in 2017 were still clearly visible when comparing our current results with those of the initial benchmarking exercise in 2017. Being able to benchmark against best practice of not only South African, but German and Chinese tooling and precision engineering companies, is most useful. We are planning to work closely with the PtSA ED team to better understand and implement the areas recommended for improvement at our company following the benchmarking process